Several people looked in the direction of Shigure's finger and found that at the end of this peach blossom forest that violated the laws of nature, they could indeed see a house that was similar to the building structure in the village, and smoke was drifting out.
Originally, they were here to find and verify supernatural rumors on this expedition. Naturally, they had no reason to refuse to explore. What's more, the location of the ruined temple was still further through the peach blossom forest. They wanted to go to the ruined temple to explore the last supernatural rumor. You must go through this peach blossom forest.
Walking in a peach blossom forest that violates the laws of nature, the members of the expedition team did not feel scared at all because of the abnormality. The rain of flowers flying in the sky and the refreshing sweet fragrance gave them a dreamlike sense of unreality.
Soon they passed through the not-so-large peach blossom forest and arrived at the front yard of the single-family house.
In the yard, there was a rickety old man wearing a vest and shorts, with white beard and hair, sitting on a small bench. The stove next to him was emitting thick smoke, and he was shaking a cattail leaf fan at the vent at the bottom of the small stove. wind.
When he saw Zhao Chensi and others walking out of the peach blossom forest, he was stunned for a moment, then dropped the cattail leaf fan in his hand and stood up tremblingly. He asked in a hoarse and low voice with some excitement: "You... are you from... Someone from outside the mountain?"
As a result, as soon as the old man stood up and took a step toward them, he stumbled and fell forward.
Fortunately, Shigure, who was walking at the front, quickly stepped forward and helped the old man who almost fell to the ground: "Old man, don't be anxious. Don't be anxious. We are tourists from outside the mountain..."
"Go back! Go back quickly!" The rickety old man's voice suddenly rose an octave. His skinny hands tightly grasped Shigure's arms with an excited look on his face, "This is not a place for outsiders like you to set foot. place!"
The old man's withered hands grasped Shigure tightly like iron pliers, and his nails even dug into his flesh, spilling traces of bright red blood. The little girl's pretty face suddenly twisted into a ball due to pain, and she burst into a painful scream: " Ah! It hurts!!!”
Seeing that something was wrong, Joseph and Wanqi rushed forward. Each of them grabbed the old man's arm and tried to pull him away from Shigure, but the old man clearly looked shaky and old. , but the strength of the struggle was far greater than they imagined. When they first rushed forward, they almost failed to hold the old man down. After much effort, they held the old man down and held him tightly little by little. Shigure spread his fingers, and then pulled the two people apart.
Shi Yu had already been frightened by the old man's excited and ferocious look, his pretty face turned pale, and he huddled in Yang Xin's arms and started sobbing.
Zhao Chensi, however, quietly stepped forward to block her and Yang Xin behind him to prevent the old man from hurting anyone again.
This rickety old man has great strength. Even though Wanqi and Joseph struggled to pull him away from Shigure, they still felt that they were vaguely unable to suppress this octogenarian who looked to be in his eighties or nineties. There was a look in his eyes. He burst out with a dazzling spirit, and sharp and harsh curses mixed with saliva spewed out of the old man's toothless mouth: "Go back! You little bastards! This is no place for outsiders to set foot!"
As if they heard the commotion here, seven or eight grannies and aunts gathered outside the yard to watch the excitement. There were rustling sounds from their side.
A smart and capable middle-aged man with oily hair separated the crowd and walked quickly into the courtyard. He saw the old man who almost broke free several times and suddenly felt angry. Someone from one place shouted angrily: "Thank you, old man! Why are you so crazy!"
When Old Man Xie heard the middle-aged man's angry roar, his body that had been struggling so violently involuntarily shuddered and froze in the air. He glanced at the middle-aged man with resentment, fear and panic, and then seemed to be discouraged. Like a rubber ball, he lost the strength to continue to fight against Joseph and Wan Qi, allowing them to suppress him and stop struggling.
Zhao Chensi keenly caught the complex expression flashing in Old Man Xie's eyes, thoughtfully.
Seeing that Old Man Xie stopped struggling, the middle-aged man turned around, seemingly ready to check the scratches on Shigure's arm, but was blocked by Zhao Chensi, who looked wary.
"I'm really sorry for causing you such an unpleasant experience." This may not be the first time that this kind of thing has happened. The middle-aged man looked like he knew the ins and outs of the situation. He came up and apologized neatly, and then revealed his identity: "I He is the village chief here, my surname is Hu, and I am usually responsible for managing various affairs in the village. When I heard that old man Xie went crazy again at the entrance of the village and hurt people, I immediately dropped what I was doing and rushed over."
At this point, he paused and looked at Shigure, who was huddled in Yang Xin's arms, with concern: "How is the injury of the little girl in the back? Is it serious? The medical technology of the village clinic is limited. If the injury is serious, , I will drive you to the nearest town hospital..."
The concern on Village Chief Hu's face didn't seem to be fake, and his words sounded very sincere and sincere. Naturally, Zhao Chensi couldn't give him a bad look: "I was scratched by that crazy old man with his nails. Apart from that, Besides, I was a little frightened.”
On the other side, Joseph and Wan Qi saw that the old man Xie's mood had stabilized and he was no longer as aggressive as before, so they let him go, lest they turn such an old man into their fault in the end.
As soon as Old Man Xie was untied, he tremblingly squatted back to the stove and continued to light the fire, while Joseph and Wan Qi also returned to Zhao Chensi and the others.
Wan Qi moved his sore arms and muttered: "This old man is really evil. He looks skinny, but he is surprisingly strong..."
Joseph picked up the straw hat that had been dropped to the side, dusted off the dust on it and put it back on his head: "And he is also a dangerous person with violent tendencies, so dangerous people in this village who are prone to violence will break out at any time. Aren’t the people in charge prepared to take care of it? Today he will attack a girl, but tomorrow he will dare to stab someone with a kitchen knife? "
He seemed to be talking to himself, but his loud voice carried his complaints to the ears of the aunts and grandmothers at the door, and there was a lot of discussion outside the yard.
Village Chief Hu turned his head and looked at the crowd that was gathering at the entrance of the courtyard, with a troubled look on his face: "Well, this is not a place to talk. Why don't you go to the village clinic with me first and give the little girl some treatment first?" The girl has been drugged, can I give you a reasonable explanation?"
Joseph, Zhao Chensi and Wan Qi didn't have any objections to this. Shi Yu also recovered from the shock just now. Although her legs were still a little weak, with Yang Xin's help, she still nodded to show that she was fine.
Then, under the leadership of Village Chief Hu, the group of them walked about dozens of steps to the village clinic.
When Yang Xin helped Shi Yu disinfect and apply medicine to the scratches on his hands, Village Chief Hu had the opportunity to explain to them: "Well, actually I didn't expect that old man Xie would be so aggressive towards outsiders. In the past few years, There were also foreigners who came to visit the village because of his reputation. At that time, he was not as repulsive to foreigners as he is now, so he neglected to take precautions, which almost caused a disaster and caused you so much trouble..."
Zhao Chensi frowned: "You just kept talking about villages, but as far as I know, this should be the boundary of Changsheng Village, right? Wasn't Changsheng Village moved out more than ten or twenty years ago? Then here is...?"
As soon as these words came out, Wan Qi and Joseph also looked at Village Chief Hu with curious eyes.
Village Chief Hu chuckled twice, "You don't know something about this. Changsheng Village was indeed moved out by the whole village back then, but maybe because the environment in the mountains was better and there was no pollution, many villagers moved to nearby towns. They all felt that their stay was not very comfortable, and they also suffered from some bronchial diseases. Later, they moved back here every now and then to live for a while..."
"But firstly, we are accustomed to living in the place where our ancestors have lived for generations. Secondly, most of the villagers only know the craft of farming. After moving, they really can't adapt to urban life. Thirdly, the villagers found that the previously dry streams have After restoration, the water sources they relied on for survival were again guaranteed, so many of them finally moved out of the city and returned to their villages."
"After all, if it weren't for the pressure of life, the villagers would not be willing to leave their homes..."
Joseph looked at Village Chief Hu thoughtfully: "So this is also a village of longevity?"
"That's right, the rest of us live at the east end of the village now." Village Chief Hu nodded, a trace of self-deprecation flashed across his face, "But most of them are only the old, weak, sick and disabled..."
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Yandu, Wu Ming's home at No. 21 Renzhi, Old Town.
After the problem of excess extraordinary potential in Lin Jiaojiao was solved, Wu Ming's life of burning the midnight oil and studying hard came to an end.
Now we only need to observe for a few more days. If the girl is not involved in any extraordinary events, we can carry out the final aftermath of her - clearing the extraordinary-related memories and stabilizing her future life trajectory.
After finally solving a difficult problem at hand, Wu Ming took a rare nap.
But it was not Xiaomi, the big orange cat at home, who woke him up today, but Zhao Sida.
"Manager, now is not the time to rest. Please get up immediately."
Wu Ming didn't even move his eyelids. He closed his eyes and rolled over, mumbling indistinctly: "Old Zhao... I finally managed to have a rest day where I can relax physically and mentally today. Just let me Let me sleep more..."
A series of data flashed in the inorganic eyeballs of the doll girl. In just a few seconds, she had calculated that her manager could not be summoned by her through normal means. She gave up covering the manager with a layer of data. The quilt then turns off the air conditioner and opens the window, forcing the manager to get up with the high temperature.
She only heard a sigh: "Manager, I discovered something while conducting [smart] research these days."
"I discovered something..."
"[Wisdom] may be made from human flesh, blood and soul."
"What the fuck?!!!" Wu Ming, who was lying on the bed and stretching, was suddenly frightened and jumped up.
